Clothesline holder



Feb. 5, 1929. v 1,700,897

c. A. KJELLIN CLOTHESLINE HOLDER Filed June l, 1927 1N VENTO/e Cf/ARLES.[LT/.5L L /M A TT ORNE Y Patented Feb; 5, 1929.

UNITED STATES CHARLES A. KJELLIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CLOTHESLINE HOLDER.

Application led June 1,

This invention relates to clothes line holders and in particular to onethat alleviates the necessity of the housewife leaning out o'l thewindow in order to place clothes upon a clothes line.

A particular object of the invention is to provide a simplified devicewhich may be swung into and out of the window, which will carry theclothes line into the room so that the clothes may be hung thereonwithout the necessity of reaching out of the window to place the sameupon the line.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a clothes lineholding device which will be adjustable so that it can be placed. inposition upon a window of any width and so arranged that it can be`swung to position ex terior of the window.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter embodying a line holding hook which will compensate for thedistance the line holding member is swung so that slack in the linelwill be taken up and the line prevented from sagging.

To enable others skilled in the art to fully comprehend the underlyingfeatures of my invention that they may embody the same in the variousmodifications in structure and relation contemplated, a drawingdepicting a preferred form has been annexed as a part of this disclosureand in such drawings, similar reference characters denote correspondingparts throughout all the views, of which,

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, the section being taken through awindow to show the position of my improved line holding device inconnection therewith.

Figure 2 is an enlarged view partly in seetion showing the device as itwould appear when swung into the room and in position for use, thesectional parts thereof being arranged to show the construction of thedevice.

Figure 3 is a view in perspective showing how the `device would appearwhen swung exteriorly of the window to support the line in position todry the clothes, and

Figure -t is a sectional view taken on the line 4 -4 of Figure 2 showinghow my improved device is secured to the casing of the window.

Referring to the drawings in detail and in particular to Figure 1, 5indicates the wall of the dwelling and 6 a floor therein, the windowsill being indicated as at 7 and the sash frame indicated by thenumeral8. The sash frame, of course, holds the two sliding sash 1927.Serial N0. 195,805.

elements 9 and when the lower element is raised, my improved lineholding device is adapted to be swung into the room so that clothes mayhe secured on the line without the necessity of the housewife reachingthrough the window opening.

In Figure 2 it will be evident that the device is secured to one side ofthe window frame 8 and consists of a bracket 10 having the extendedportions 11 and 12 which, through the medium of the screws or otherfastening element 13, are secured in position against the window frame 8and atone side of the window so that the clothes line holding device ispositioned as shown in Figure 3. The bracket 10 is provided with thesleeve portions 14 through which is adapted to pass and have sliding littherein, the short piece of pipe 15 which is prevented from movingupwardly through the sleeve 14 by means of the cap 1G which is threadedto its lower end, the upper end of the pipe 15 receiving the elbow 17which iinprisons between its end and the upper end of the bracket sleeve14, the hook member 18. This hook member consists of a sleeve arrangedto encompass the pipe 15 and has formed integral therewith, al holdinghook.

It is quite evident, therefore, that the pipe member 15 has freeswinging movement in the bracket sleeve 14 and consequently, theextended portion 19 which is made from a piece of pipe and is threadedinto the end of the elbow 17 may bc swung in and out of the window.

This piece of pipe 19 is adapted to re ceive the pulley carrying arm orextension 20 which has sliding movement through the cap 21 which is notonly threaded to the end of the pipe 19 and forms a closure therefor buthas passing therethrough the .set screw 22 which is adapted to engagethe extension 2() to retain the same in any adjusted position. The endof the extension or rod 2O is pro vided wit-h a turned over portion 23arranged to hold in position the pulley bracket 24: in which, in theusual manner, the pulley 25 is pivoted over which passes the clothesline 26, the other end thereof passing over the pulley 27 which is heldon any suitable support such as the clothes line holding pole 28. It isquite evident, therefore, that when the device has been drawn to theposition shown in F igure 1 that clothes may be placed on the clothesline in that portion thereof which is disposed within the room and oneside of to lreep it `out of the way of the other portion of the linewhen the clothes are being secured thereto, and whenthe line has beenhung with clothes'and the line is advanced so that the last article ofclothing hung thereon is outside the window, the piece 19 is swung outso that it extends beyond the window as shown in Figure 3. `When thedevice is swung into the roon'i, it is maintained in this positionthrough the niediuni of a suitable pin 30 which passes througl'i anopening in the .sleeve portionlelof the bracket 1 0 and through matchingopenings in the pipe l5, the openings in the sleeve and in the pipe arediametrically opposite and consequently the pin 30 passing through. theopenings maintains the device in the position shown in Figure 2, when itis desired to hang clothes on the line and in its outwardly swungposition, as shown in Figure 3. lhe adjustinentof extension piec 9.0permits the device to be used in connection i findows el" various widththereby perini the pulley to be drawn into the rooina inai. inunidistance.

When' the line is advanced to carry the clothesbeyond the window, thepin is rernoved and the device is swung about the bracket to theposition shown Figure 3 but preparatory to doing this both sides ot theclothes line are put into the hoolr li and when the device is swungoutwardly of the window, the line is folded as illustrated in Figure 3and thus slaclrtherein is prevented andtalren up by reason of the toldin the line when the bracket is moved to its extended position outsidethe window. lViren it has been moved to this position, the pin 30 isreinserted and the device is held in its extended position until it isdesired to reinove the clothes troni the line.

lt is evident, therefore, that l have provided a device which eliminatesthe necessity7 ot' the housewife reaching out ot the window and alsotakes up the weight of the line so Vfhile l have illustrated anddescribed iny invention with soine degree ot particularity, l realizethat in practice various alterations therein niay be made. l thereforereserve the right and privilege of changing the torni of the details ofconstruction or otherwise 'altering the arrangen'ient of the correlatedparts without departing from the spirit of claim.

Having thus described my invention what l claiin as new and desire tosecure by United States Le'tcrs Patentis :m

t clothes line holder comprising a bracket, a sleeve like housingthereon having oppositely disposed openings, a tubular ineinberrevolvable therein and having openingsto match with those of thehousing, a cap for the lower end ot the tubular member, an Velbowsecured to the upper end thereof, a sleeve carried by the tubular memberdisposed between the elbow and the upper end of the housin` and providedwith a clothes line holding hook, a pipe secured to the elbow, anextension armV slidableY in said pipe and having a hooked end,`ineans'jor securing the arin in any vzu;l..jiistcd position in the pipe, aclothes line pulley carried by the hooked'end 'of said extension and apin arranged to pass through the openings of the housing and the tubularinelnber 'tor retainling the saine in predetermined relative position.

ln testimony whereof I my signature.

CHARLES A.`AKJELL. s]

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